The X-ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer onboard of IXO

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Den Herder, J W ^a   Kelley, R L ^b   Mitsuda, K ^c   Piro, L ^d   Bandler, S R ^b   Bastia, P ^g   Boyce, K R ^b   Bruin, M ^a   Chervenak, J A ^b   Colasanti, L ^d   Doriese, W B ^m   DiPirro, M ^b   Eckart, M E ^b   Ezoe, Y ^j   Figueroa Feliciano, E ^k   Ferrari, L ^b   Fujimoto, R ⁱ   Gatti, F ^e   Gendreau, K C ^b   Gottardi, L ^a   Den Hartog, R ^a   Hilton, G C ^b   Hoevers, H ^a   Irwin, K D ^m   Ishisaki, Y ^j   Kashani, A ⁿ   Kilbourne, C A ^b   De Korte, P ^a   Van Der Kuur, J ^a   MacCuli, C ^d   Mineo, T ^h   Nieland, J H ^a   Ohashi, T ^j   Paltani, S ^o   Perinati, E ^h   Porter, F S ^b   Shirron, P J ^b   Smith, S J ^b   Takei, Y ^c   Tashiro, M ^l   Torrioli, G ^f   Tsujimoto, M ^c   Van Weers, H ^a   Yamasaki, N Y ^c   more..

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f IFN CNR   (Italy)

^g THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^h INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

International X ray Observatory; Micro calorimeter; Missions; X ray

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE DETECTORS; COUNTING RATES; DEADTIME; DESIGN STUDIES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FOCAL PLANE ASSEMBLIES; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; MICRO-CALORIMETERS; MICROCALORIMETER; MISSIONS; SEMI-METALS; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS; X-RAY MICROCALORIMETER; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

BUILDINGS; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COOLING SYSTEMS; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957879803     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856018     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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